Saturday, September 12, 2009

Marcel Breuer

The speing chair, late 20s
Source: designpublic
Chaiselongue, 1935
Source: hsi24

Side chair, 1928
Source: jbdesign



Wassily Chair, aka the Model B3 chair, 1925-26
Source: jbdesign

Nesting table, 1925
Source: kaboodle




Marcel Breuer was an architect and furniture designer. He emphasized the importance of art combined with technology, and was fascinated by modular designs and simplistic forms. 1920s, Marcel Breuer began to experiment with tubular steel, steel is incredibly strong and quite flexible, he uses these qualities to create his first tubular steel chair in 1925, when he was a furniture designer at the Bauhaus design school in Dessau, Germany. This innovation also inspired a number of designers. Another of Breuer early work is this simplistic and multipurpose nesting table which shows his aesthetic view and very refined technique. The cool beauty of the chromed steel and thick-lacquered top will not dated by time.

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